PRESENT SIMPLE & PROGRESSIVE


PRESENT SIMPLE

I walk
you walk
he walks
she walk
s
it walks
we walk
youwalk
theywalk

ερώτηση / άρνηση με το βοηθητικό do / does


PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

I am walking
you are walkinghe is walkingshe is walkingit is walkingwe are walkingyou are walkingthey are walking

SIMPLE
επαναλαμβανόμενες πράξεις
Sam goes to the mountains every Christmas.
Συνήθεια / χόμπι
I play chess with my friend Tom every Sunday morning.
φυσικό φαινόμενο
Water boils at a hundred degrees Celsius.


[always, generally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, hardly ever, never, once a week, etc.]



PROGRESSIVE
κάτι που συμβαίνει αυτή τη στιγμή
Look! It's snowing.
κάτι προσωρινό
My mum is staying with me because she's broken her leg.
κάτι που εξελίσσεται
The universe is expanding.
κάτι ενοχλητικό ή απρόσμενο που επαναλαμβάνεται
They're always arguing about silly things!
I'
m always meeting my colleague Robert on the way to the supermarket!


[now, at the moment, at present, currently]




BIBLIOGRAPHY
Swan, M. & Walter, C. (1997). How English works. Oxford: OUP
Ward, J. M. (1966). The Use of Tenses in English. London: Longman

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Emmanuel Ninos BA English & Greek, Dip RSA TEFL, MA Ed.